Hey, MSU, I thought your school colors were green and white

I wasn't in love with the idea of Michigan having throwback jerseys for the ND game and I absolutely hate MSU's "Pro Combat" unis for this weekend's M/MSU clash.  For many, one of the beautiful things about college football is the tradition of the uniforms.  Any changes are consistent with and an outgrowth of said-tradition, evolving over time at a pace that would make Darwin smile.  But with schools and shoe companies trying to squeeze every last penny out of every fan's pocket, you get "one game" shit like this...

Gee, I thought Michigan State's colors were green and white - not really, really, REALLY dark forest green and bronze?  Gold?  What is that, exactly?

These abominations are one of the things I've hated about Michigan-Ohio State the last couple of years as well (no, not as much as U-M's on-field performance).  You tune in to see the The Game and instead you get Michigan playing...this:

Sad.

Of course the response from the ADs and shoe companies is that "it's only one game a year."


Sure, for now.  Because it's a slippery slope.  All these ADs love them a couple extra dollars, even if they're selling out 8 home games a years x110,000 seats.  So I don't think it's a total stretch to someday see even the Wolverines in "throwback jerseys" for ND, "pro combat" unis for MSU and a "hey, stupid people might buy this!" look for OSU, leaving longtime fans staring at the colorful promotions running around down field and asking themselves, Who the hell is that?